WHAT IS THE MICHIGAN NURSING CORPS?
In her 2007 State of the State address Governor Granholm announced the creation of the Michigan Nursing Corps.
Excerpt from Governor Granholm’s State of the State Address on the nursing shortage, February 7, 2007
"One area that demands our special attention is nursing. Today we have a nursing shortage in communities across our state. Yet we have waiting lists of people who are anxious to become nurses. Something's wrong with this picture, and we are going to fix it. Tonight we are launching the Michigan Nursing Corps, an initiative to train new nurses. We will prepare 500 nursing educators to train 3,000 new nurses in just three years. "
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The Problem
Michigan’s nursing education programs are bottlenecked in their ability to admit, educate and graduate all qualified applicants.
FACT: Michigan will be 7000 RNs short by 2010 and 18,000 RNs short by 2015
FACT: In 2005, Michigan nursing education programs turned away over 2000 qualified pplicants
The Solution
The Michigan Nursing Corps will provide new classroom faculty and clinical faculty who will, in turn, be able to produce over 3000 additional RNs to serve Michigan citizens.
The initiative will take place over a three-year period.
The Cost
The program will cost $45 million over three years. Nurses receive financial support for their education and, in return, they sign contracts to teach in Michigan nursing education programs.
The Outcome
Michigan will have sufficient nursing faculty to prepare the number of nurses needed to care for Michigan citizens as they age and require significantly more health care. They will also be able to replace the large numbers of nursing faculty who are and will be retiring.
FACT: More than 50% of faculty at most Michigan nursing schools are eligible to retire today.
The Return on Investment
For every $1 of the $45 million invested, Michigan’s communities will receive $162 of economic value.
FACT: Each RN in Michigan brings $75,000 of economic value annually to the community (salary and benefits).
FACT: Each year RN’s contribute $10.5 billion to Michigan and local economies.
The Funding
There are no current state funds for the Michigan Nursing Corps (MNC). The MNC funding will only be possible if there are new state revenues. The Governor’s service tax (2 cents) proposal, if passed, could provide funding for the Michigan Nursing Corps.
For more information contact:
Jeanette Klemczak, RN, BSN, MSN
MDCH, Chief Nurse Executive
Capitol View Building, 7th Floor
201 Townsend Street
Lansing, MI. 48913
517/241-9841
klemczakj@michigan.gov
5/4/07
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